Police Blotter

HANOVER TWP. Two wallets were reportedly stolen from locked
lockers at the Gold's gym on Route 10 between 6 and 7:16 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 4. Patrolman Chris Thompson was investigating one
theft and a second man approached him reporting a second wallet
theft. According to police, both wallets were in locked gym
lockers. The first victim reported returning to the locker room and
finding his lock missing from the locker. According to police, the
man said his gym bag was still in the locker but hi s pants and
wallet were missing. The wallet contained his driver's license,
cash , and credit cards. The second victim told police his wallet
was inside his gym bag in a locked locker. According to police, his
bag was found in another section of the locker room with his wallet
missing.

No further information was found on the thefts.

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Police medically assisted a Monsey, N.Y., man who reportedly
fell while at Bee Meadow pool and injured his hip, Monday, Sept. 3.
Police said the man stated he had two prior hip replacements. The
Cedar Knolls First Aid squad responded and transported the man to
Morristown Memorial Hospital, police said.

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Bettina M. Burgess, 28, of Orange was arrested Wednesday, Sept.
5 on a Newark w arrant. According to police, Bettina was stopped
after a random computer check showed her license to be suspended.
Upon checking, police found the warrant. Police said Burgess could
not post the $5,000 bail. Burgess was turned over to the Newark
police.

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Police reported Thursday, Sept. 6, road conditions on a pathway
near the Bee Meadow School were in disrepair. Police said a
resident reported the pathway from Hillary Court leading to the
school is in disrepair. The resident believes that a company that
used heavy equipment to cut down brush damaged the path, police
said.

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An 80-year-old Morristown woman had her purse taken while
shopping at the Cedar Knolls Foodtown on Ridgedale Ave. on
Thursday, Sept. 6. Police said the woman did not see anyone near
her purse. The purse contained $33, credit cards, her driver's
license and medical papers, police said.

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A fire was reported Thursday, Sept. 6, at a Park Avenue
residence. Police said the fire began with mulch that had
spontaneously combusted. The Whippany fire department extinguished
the fire, police said. According to police, the homeowner was not
home at the time of the incident.

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Kashka Afiba Thompson, 23, of East Orange, was arrested Friday,
Sept. 7, on a warrant issued out of Irvington. According to police,
Thompson was stopped for a broken taillight when the warrant was
found. Thompson posted $750 bail and was released, police
said.

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A New York man reported an unknown person broke into his room at
the Hanover Marriott and stole several cameras between 7 and 8:15
p.m. Friday, Sept. 7. The cameras, a JVC Camcorder, a Fuji digital
and a Minolta 35MM were in their cases in the locked room, police
said. The cameras are worth an estimated total of $1,20
0.

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Police reported several mailboxes in the area of Malapardis and
Kenneth roads were damaged around 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.
According to police, a resident saw a white Jeep pull up to a
neighbor's house. The Jeep's occupant exited the vehicle and
started to pummel the mailbox with an unknown object, police said.
The resident allegedly chased the suspect with negative results,
police said.

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Marc Harold Nash, 32, of Passaic was arrested 5:18 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 7, for a warrant out of Hackensack. Police said Nash was
stopped after a random computer check showed that the registered
owner of the car had a suspended license. Nash posted bail and was
released, police said.

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An Elmwood Park resident reported smoke coming form the B.F
Goodrich building on Ridgedale Ave at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
The Cedar Knolls Fire Department responded and extinguished the
fire, police said. According to police, a possible cause of the
fire was from torches being used to cut metal during the building's
renovation.

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Bartender, 19-year-old drinker arrested

EAST HANOVER TWP. Police arrested a 19-year-old Morristown man
for drinking alcohol under the legal age and the bartender who
served him at the Hanover Lane s on Route 10 on Saturday, Sept. 8.
The man, Corey Paules, was charged with consuming alcohol while
under 21 years of age, police said. The bartender, Michael Nelson,
35, of Hopatcong, was arrested for serving an underage patron,
police reported.

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Police reported $1,565 of tools were stolen from DKM
Technologies on Ridgedale Avenue after the business was broken
into. According to police, the burglary occurred sometime between
the evening of Thursday, Sept. 6, and the morning of Saturday,
Sept. 8. Police said an unknown person pried open the door to gain
entry.

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A Helen Court house was ransacked by burglaries who kicked in
the front door and stole jewelry and money, Friday, Sept. 7. Police
said the burglary occurred between 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. The value
of the items taken has not yet been report ed.

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Armed robber on bike hits Getty Gas Station

MORRIS TWP. A bicyclist wielding a gun allegedly robbed the gas
attendant at the Getty Gas Station on Speedwell Avenue at 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 2. Curtis Gregory Taylor, 39, of Morris Township
allegedly drove up to the station office on a bicycle, entered the
office and pointed a dark-colored semi-automatic hand gun at the
attendant's head. Police said Taylor allegedly demanded money from
the station attendant. Taylor fled with $150 cash, police said.
According to police, Taylor headed south on his bicycle on
Speedwell Avenue. Police responded to the gas station and in order
to secure the scene, took the attendant in the patrol car. While
driving down Martin Luther King Avenue, police said the attendant
observed the individual who had robbed him. According to police,
Taylor began to run, and a foot chase ensued with sever al
officers. Taylor was apprehended at the rear of 79 Martin Luther
King Ave., police reported.

Police said there was no weapon found. However, Taylor was
allegedly in possession of three glasine folds of suspected heroin
stamped with the words, "The Truth," police said.

Taylor was arrested and charged with robbery, possession of a
weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and possession
of heroin. He is being held at the Morris County Jail on $150,000
bail.

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Louis Capote, 23, of Morristown, was arrested Saturday, Sept. 8,
for robbery, resisting arrest and possible assault of a juvenile.
Police said Capote allegedly approached a 19-year old male at 11:45
p.m. walking through Manahan Village on Flagler Street. According
to police, Capote allegedly put the man in a choke-type hold and
demanded his money. Capote allegedly went through the man's pockets
while holding him in a headlock. Police said the man was able to
wrestle away from Capote. The man called police from a pay phone on
Speedwell Avenue near Flagler Street. With the description given,
police were able to locate Capote in the F lagler Street area.
Capote allegedly ran from police and was finally caught at the top
of Orchard Street, police reported. The man positively identified
Capote as the robber, police said. Capote was arrested and charged
with robbery and resisting arrest.

Police said it was later determined Capote was involved in an
alleged assault on Speedwell Avenue at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
According to police, Capote possibly assaulted a juvenile in the
incident. Capote was taken to the Morris County Jail in default of
$20,000 bail.

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A detective in plain clothes observed a homeless man allegedly
getting ready to ingest a fold of heroin while standing in the
center of the Morristown Green at 6:25 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.
Charles E. Jones Jr., 59, was arrested by Detective Matt Edwards.
Police said in addition to the suspected heroin, Jones allegedly
had a cut straw used to ingest the drug. Jones was charged with
possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police
said Jones was placed in the Morris County Jail on $2,500
bail.

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Police reported $54,000 in laptop computers were taken from a
second floor business at 10 Madison Avenue on Sunday, Sept. 2.
According to police, the theft was a forced entry. The stolen
laptops were discovered when the business re-open Monday, Sept. 3,
police said.

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Police find drugs, no burglar at house

MORRIS TWP. Timothy Boutillier, 21, of Morris Township was
issued a summons for drugs Friday, Aug. 31, after police found
marijuana and paraphernalia in hi s room during a burglar alarm
check. Police said during a search of the house at 8 Canterbury
Road, patrols observed two "clumps" of suspected marijuana and a
smoking pipe in plain view in Boutillier's bedroom. Initially
police had arrived on a burglar alarm and found a yellow cardboard
box propped between the garage door and the floor. In addition, the
front door was found unlocked, police said. Police checked inside
the house with no further evidence found. There were n o signs of
forced entry, police reported. However, after police found the
suspected marijuana in the upstairs bedroom, the homeowners arrived
and gave police permission to search the room further. P olice said
they found in a drawer two additional multi-colored pipes, two
packs of EZ Wider rolling papers, a bag containing 15 grams of
vegetative substance and a bag of suspected marijuana
seeds.

Boutillier was arrested and issued a summons for possession of
marijuana less than 50 grams. He was taken to police headquarters
for processing and later released into the custody of his father,
police said.

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Lisa Blackwell, 40, of Morris Township was arrested for a
warrant Saturday, Sep t. 1 and later found to be in possession of a
crack pipe. According to police, Blackwell was transported to the
Morris County Jail in default of bail on the failure to appear
warrant. Police said, while at the jail, Blackwell was subsequently
searched and a glass pipe was allegedly found in her possession.
Blackwell was issued a summons for possession of the glass pipe
with intent to use it for smoking crack cocaine, police
said.

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Michael Moore, 23, of Morristown was found in possession of
marijuana after a warrant arrest Friday, Aug. 31.

Police said Moore was observed on Walnut Street by patrols.
Police said he was picked up after a warrant check indicated there
was a Morris Township failure to appear warrant on a traffic
violation out for his arrest.

Police said while an officer approached Moore to advise him of
the warrant, the officer allegedly smelled marijuana. Upon
searching Moore, police said he was found in possession of two dime
bags of marijuana consisting of less than 10 grams . Moore was
transported to police headquarters where he posted $500 bail and
was released.

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Hit and runner hit with multiple summonses

MORRIS PLAINS Police tracked down an East Hanover Township man
who allegedly left the scene of an accident on Route 10 and Route
202, at 9:10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20. According to police, Erwin
Schoenhaar, 29, hit another vehicle after allegedly failing to stop
at the red light and proceeding through the intersection. Police
said witnesses at the scene obtained Schoenhaar's license plate
number as he fled. The plate number was turned over to police.
Police said with the number they were able to obtain information on
Schoenhaar and contact him. Schoenhaar reported to the Morris
Plains Police Department on Speedwell Aven ue. Police said he was
issued five summonses, including driving on the revoked list,
leaving the scene of an accident, failure to stop at a red light,
making an improper turn and reckless driving. All charges are
pending a court hearing, po lice said.

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Motorist Craig Waeschle, 31, of Hakettstown was stopped at 7:30
a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, and found to be driving with a suspended
license. Police said Waeschle was stopped after patrols observed
him making an improper turn off of Grannis Avenue onto Watnong
Drive. Police said there is no turn at that area from 7 to 9 a .m.
After being stopped, police said Waeschle's license was found to
have been r evoked.

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